Category: film

2016 was … well … challenging, to say the least. A lot of really terrible things happened. I did more crying between November 2015 and December 2016 than I probably did in the entirety of the rest of my life so far. Having acknowledged that, I also realised that, more than ever, we need to spend… Continue reading Cinematic ponderings – 2016

Hello 2017! I can’t wait to get stuck into your cinematic offer, but before then, let’s look back at 2016; a healthy year for film-watching as far as I’m concerned. I watched a total of 293 feature films; the closest I’ve come to my yearly goal of 365. Of those 293, 236 were new to… Continue reading 2016 in films

This Friday in the UK sees the release of Roger Ross Williams’ inspiring new documentary, Life, Animated, and I cannot recommend it enough. I saw the film back in January when I went to Sundance. It was the very first film I saw as it had been chosen as the opening volunteer screening. I hadn’t originally planned on… Continue reading LIFE, ANIMATED… and the power of film

For my fourth Noirvember, I really wanted to commit to one film a day, especially after last year’s festivities were cut short due to tragic life incidents. I almost managed it, until I had to fly to Scotland for a conference for work and missed the last three days of November. Oh well… close enough.… Continue reading Noirvember 2016 highlights

Dear Noirvember, You came into my life four years ago and my world has been nothing but improved ever since. With all your dark corners, mirrors, shadow chasing, broken cities and flawed characters, you make November not only bearable, but something to look forward to. I realised my love for noir fairly late in life.… Continue reading An open love letter to Noirvember

I’ve just returned from Sundance Film Festival and whilst I have a thousand snippets of stories to tell, there is one I need to put into words right now, before time makes me forget just how surreal and absurd the whole evening was. Surreal and absurd – two words that may be repeated a lot… Continue reading “That was the guy from the movie!”